Lorain County Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Volume 24 Issue 10 – June 13, 2024

President: Chris Yoo
Treasurer:Sue Schillig
Secretary: Open
Vice President: Margaret Miller
Community Service: Maria Lucki
Hospitality: Maryann Doucette & Jean Tobia
Membership: Karen Neuschaffer & Sandy Gallagher
Honor Quilts: Kaye Koler
Sunshine Committee: Val Watring
Challenge Committee: Kelly Grace
Communication Committee: Kelly Grace 
Bits & Pieces Editor: Kelly Grace
Articles due by Saturday before meeting, Newsletter sent out Sunday before meeting.

Meetings:  2nd Thursday of month
Time:        7:00 PM
Location:  New Russia Township Lodge,
                 46300 Butternut Ridge Rd, Oberlin, 44074
Additional Info: Please remember that there is always a sew day the day of our meeting – starting around 10!

Website: https://loraincountypiecemakers.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/LorainCtyPiecemakers
Guild email: loraincountypiecemakers@gmail.com

Meeting Minutes: 
Chris Yoo

1. Welcome.  At 7:00 p.m. on May 9, 2024, Chris welcomed members and a few guests.  

2. Program:  Tonight, we welcomed Sew 4 Service (S4S).  The mission of S4S is to build a community of service-minded, creative people who sew, quilt, crochet, and knit.  Like our guild, they donate items to local charities for both people and pets.  They shared that they have a fabulous shop called The Fabric Stash Store where you can find serious deals on fabric, notions, and sewing machines. The store is located at the Shore Cultural Centre, 291 East 222nd St., Room 115 in Euclid, Ohio 44123. They are open Tues. and Thurs. from Noon – 6pm. and Sat., from 10am to 2pm.  They have a website for the group at http://www.sew4service.org. It was a fabulous presentation!  If you missed it, check out their website and store!

3. President’s Message: Chris extended a Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmas in the room, whether they have 2 legged or 4 legged kids.           

Chris went on to share exciting news, that she could not hold for old business.  Chris shared that member Holly Francis has thrown her hat for the office of President.  Chris also reminded everyone that last month member Marcy Delavan also volunteered to be the guild secretary. Chris noted that if anyone else would like to be considered for a position, to let her know before the June meeting as they will hold an official election in June for the two new executive officers, and there will be an official re-appointment of the Vice President, Margaret Miller, and Treasurer, Sue Schillig.

4. Approval of Minutes:  The minutes from the April meeting were distributed by Kelly Grace.  After a call for corrections or changes, having heard none, the minutes were approved as distributed. 

5. Treasurer’s Report (Sue Schillig). The treasurer’s report is filed for audit.  All questions about the finances of the guild should be directed to Sue. 

6. Committee Reports: The membership heard reports from all Committees that were present.  The Committee Chairpersons will submit their individual reports to Kelly Grace for inclusion in the newsletter no later than the Saturday before the next meeting.  For up-to-date information from the Committees, please review the individual Committee Reports noted in this newsletter. 

7. Unfinished or On-Going Business:  See President’s Message above, and Chris talked about the 2024 Raffle Quilt, which was on display this evening.  Chris reminded everyone that if they wish to sell tickets, they have to pre-buy them and resale them so the guild is not printing tickets and not recuperating the money. 

8. New Business:    Chris noted that they will need a new 2025 Raffle Quilt and anyone interested should step forward, and it was noted that Julie Bragg has already submitted a suggestion and if there are no others, we will most likely go with

9. Announcements:   There was a brief discussion of the upcoming Quilt Camp @ Cedar Lakes as the registration was now open on their website.  The camp is October 6 – 11, 2024, 

10. Show-n-Tell:  There were small quilts, and large quilts, and everything in between.  Keep up the fantastic quilting!!

11. Adjournment:  The group was reminded that in June during the day will be the annual Judy Riggle Community Sew Day.  Margaret Miller invited everyone to come and spend the day sewing. There will be material, batting, patterns and kits available to sew. We will need people to sew, sandwich, bind, cut, iron. Many hands make light work. We will have plenty of snacks for you to enjoy and there will be a drawing at the meeting for all that participate that day—If you cannot come to the all day sew and bring something you made to donate to Community Service Projects, you can enter at the meeting. If you are a Long Armer and take a quilt to quilt for Community Service, you can enter. It is our way of saying thank you for all our Lorain County Piecemaker’s who contribute to serve our community.

PM Program:   The Giving Doll.   We will have several ladies from the LaGrange Chapter coming to share their mission and their wonderful dolls.   The send many of their dolls to Genesis House, Blessing House and many other county entities that serve children in crisis.   Some of their dolls have also traveled the world.   The story of Giving Doll is very interesting.  It all started in Norton, Ohio.   They have been very appreciative of the donations of 24” x 24” doll quilts and the doll bags made by our members.  Any doll quilts or bags made or turned in on Judy Riggle Sew Day will be presented to them at the meeting.

SEE YOU ON JUNE 13TH!! 

Sunshine Committee
Val Watring

Meeting minutes:  Sunshine on a cloudy sew day!    …inspiring SEW4Service presentation of service projects; perfect to get us geared up for our Judy Riggle Sew Day.

Sunshine Tidbits: Thanks Bobbie Bruck for letting us know that Karin Knox is home from her ankle surgery.  We can sign a card for her at the June meeting. Karin Knox 28 Willow Haven Drive Elyria, Ohio  44035

Julie Bragg’s father has passed away.  https://www.geisefuneralhome.com/obits 
We sent her a sympathy card from the guild. 
If you would like to contact Julie:  Mrs. Julie Bragg  48310 Peck Wadsworth Road, Wellington, Ohio  44090   The membership roster lists Julie’s favorite colors as:  patriotic red/white/blue.

Carolyn Bradley let us know Jan Monos took a tumble.  We sent Jan a card … Get Well Soon.  Jan Monos 832 Bennet Drive Elyria, Ohio  44035

By-Laws Section 8:  The Sunshine Committee shall notify members in case of illness or bereavement.  Cards will be sent; unless it is determined a blue basket is needed.

Blue Baskets:  When members lose a spouse or child, we support them by giving them fat quarters of fabric in their favorite colors.  The Sunshine Committee will supply the bag and card to be signed by the membership.

Membership
Karen Neuschaefer.

Hello Everyone,

We have 3 new members, Mary Pajak, Eleanor Pristash, and Debby Norris.  Please welcome them.  Ruth Bradley has a new phone number.  All the information is in the updated membership roster.  We currently have 95 members.   

Karen and Sandy.

Treasury Report
Sue Schillig

Treasurers Report and Financial Statements of the guild are on file for audit and will be made available for review upon request. 

Sue Schillig, treasurer

Honor Quilts

Kaye Koler

I find it hard to believe it’s already June!
So, in preparation for veteran quilt presentations this fall,
The Honor Quilts committee has planned a sew day for
              Thursday, August 8th,
                               10-4,
                      at the lodge.

We have a few blocks left from the last call for blocks. But can use some more! If you are so inclined to make some we would love that and can definitely use them. Thank you!!

The rules are simple for the blocks.

  • A star block.
  • 6 1/2 unfinished (preferred) OR
  • 12 1/2 unfinished in sets of four
  • red white and blue only

It’s a brown bag lunch.
We hope you can join us!
Thank you so much! We know summer is a busy time and we are very grateful for all your help!

The HONOR QUILTS committee,
Kaye, Helen and Teri

Notes from the President
Chris Yoo

Happy June!!!  As we enter the growing season of June, I have mixed feelings as I find myself having to mow the lawn for the first time in my life.  Shocker.  My hubby is recuperating from a successful surgery but he is restricted from mowing for a month or two.  So, as I ride the tractor around mowing our property, I’m contemplating what I COULD be doing up in that sewing room if I wasn’t out here breathing in grass pollen. 

Every turn of the mower I catch a glimpse of the window to my sewing room, and it taunts me.  I decide to mow the other direction so I would not have to look at it (smile).  After that I thought, hmmm, I wonder what hubby would do if I mowed a quilt pattern into the lawn?  Well, since I did not want to cause him to freak out and hurt himself, I filed that idea away for another day.

So, think of me every sunny Saturday or Sunday morning as that’s when I’ll be spending two hours of my precious weekend sulking and scowling on the mower, occasionally gazing up at my sewing room window with much anticipation.

Chris Yoo

June Birthdays

Keri Celik – June 3
Ursula Marciniak – June 10
Deb Beard – June 19
Teri Barile – June 23
Carol Stomieroski – June 25
Kathy MacLean – June 30

Programs/Workshops

June:     DAY – JUDY RIGGLE COMMUNITY SEW DAY.  Please come and sew together items for charity. Lots of fun planned throughout the day. We will need people to iron, cut, sew, bind, quilt and brainstorm. All who participate will be eligible for a basket drawing at the evening meeting. If you cannot come to sew day, bring finished item for Community Service (i.e. pillow cases, quilt, quilt top, doll quilt, doll bag, etc.)  to the meeting to be eligible for the basket drawing.
                NIGHT – THE GIVING DOLL.  They will bring dolls to show and explain their mission. Any doll quilts (24×24 inch) or doll bags made that day or brought in that evening will be presented to them at the meeting.

July:       DAY – CHRISTMAS IN JULY.  Christmas themed fun all day.
                NIGHT – POT LUCK*****STARTS AT 6;30.  The pot luck is the program.  N

August:  NIGHT – THREAD PAINTING BY KATHY WOLF.  She will present a trunk show of her work and answer questions about her techniques.

September:        DAY – BRIAN MCCOY, THE REDNECK QUILTER WORKSHOP.  MORE DETAILS AT THE MEETING.
                                NIGHT – TRUNK SHOW BY BRIAN MCCOY

October:              NIGHT – Trunk Show of Gloria Shollenberger Quilts by Gini Baldi

Upcoming:  In conversations with Color Connextion for a presentation about fabric dying and a possible “Day Away” retreat to do some hands on Fabric Dying.  Just need to nail down some dates. Have also reached out to Beautiful Buttons and FAVA.   Hopefully will have more updates at the next meeting. 

Challenges
Kelly Grace

UFO Challenge

Based on what I have today we are up to 11% of the quilts submitted that are now completed (55/509). Everyone is making great progress on their UFO’s! Please remember that $5 is due to me when you sign up, if you haven’t already given this to me you can see me at the next meeting. This is to help with prizes that are given out at the December meeting – You must complete at least one of your UFO’s to be included for prizes. 

Fat Quarter Exchange
Lists were sent out to those that signed up on April 5th. If you did not receive the list or your bags at the May meeting please see me at the June meeting. This exchange is where you buy or shop your stash for a fat quarter for each person on the list, based on what type/color of fabric they are looking for. 

Monthly Challenge
New challenge was issued at the April meeting – Use a song (favorite line or song title) as the inspiration for a quilted item – any size! Since our meeting was so late this will be due at the June meeting.

New challenge for the summer is to make scrappy 4-patch quilt blocks from charm packs. These will be turned in at the August meeting and I’ll put them together and quilt them for community service. Easy directions are from MSQC and can be found on Youtube. 

Secret Santa Exchange
Secret Santa Exchange turned out awesome, sign-ups for the 2024 exchange will happen in July – there will be LOTS of time to make your gifts.

Block Exchange 
I currently only have 1 person other than myself that have signed up for the block exchange. I’d like to get 6-10 members signed up. If I don’t have enough by the June meeting this will be put on hold until next year. Fabrics are posted below and I know they will be available at Sew Creative Cottage. I will have an example from the last exchange at the meeting.

President’s Challenge
As Chris’s last challenge, she requested that you make a name tag. It must be something new – not something you already made.

Community Service

Maria Lucki

JUDY RIGGLE SEW DAY is upon us!
We have:
Precut Pillow Case kits
Precut Squares, Strips and Triangles to create your own design
Villa Rose Patterns to use if you want a pattern
Doll Quilt Kits (a few—if you have any orphaned blocks, they make great doll quilts size 24”x24”)
Doll Bag Patterns
Batting—roll and some larger scraps (baby/lap quilt size)
Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots of material
A few quilts that need binding
Safety pins and spray baste to sandwich tops
Ironing boards and irons—thanks Lynette and Sue Schilling
Cutting mat and cutter and a few rulers
Snacks to share (a quilter has to keep her/his strength up)
A fabulous Community Service Door Prize Basket with lots and lots of good stuff for participants
****This includes longarmers who take quilts home to quilt and those who could not attend, but bring completed community service projects to the meeting.
We also have some fun extras planned for the day.

Our Goals:
At least 100 pillow cases done (the most requested item)
20 Doll Quilts and Bags completed
10 Lap Quilts completed
10 Baby Quilts completed
As many twin size quilts as possible (tops/sandwiches/bound/etc)
  **it is summer now, but winter is coming.
Doll Quilts and Bags to be presented to The Giving Doll at the Guild Meeting in the Evening.

Thank you so much in advance for participating in Judy Riggle Sew Day!

Maria

LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR/GENESIS HOUSE: Provides temporary safe shelter, food, and support services to victims of domestic violence and their children.  Serves roughly 25,000 annually.

BLESSING HOUSE:  Founded in 2005 to house children, birth to age 12, when their parents are addressing their own crises.

Did you know the guild has an Accuquilt Go? This will be brought to sew days by Chris Yoo if you’d like to use it. There is a list of dies owned by other guild members on the website (https://loraincountypiecemakers.wordpress.com/accuquilt-dies/) 

Sue Schillig

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